Commentary
And he does not ask due to the severity of the horrors. 'A boiling water' means very close in utmost proximity and friendship. It is close like something from among the things due to the overwhelming distractions. And because he has revealed to them that no soul can avail another soul anything. And that the ties have been severed and the lineage has vanished when the trial has revealed that there is no honor except through piety. This is according to the reading of the majority with the opening of the letter 'ya', and according to the reading of Ibn Kathir with the passive form, the meaning is that no one is demanded by another as some rulers have done in this world. It is necessary for the relatives of one who has brought him close, for he has no need for that, because the power encompasses all equally.
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